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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 35, from the sentence that starts, “I had so to speak only one leg…” through page 54, the sentence that starts “Yes, that struck me as less strange…”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Molloy say he was reduced to, by the policeman’s questions?
(a) Tediousness.
(b) Contentiousness.
(c) Panic.
(d) Confabulation.

2. What does Molloy say he was afraid his mother always understood him to be saying with his knocks?
(a) Yes.
(b) Money.
(c) No.
(d) Goodbye.

3. What does Molloy say he felt called by as he watched C?
(a) The sky and mountains.
(b) His death.
(c) His mother.
(d) The fields and the sea.

4. How does Molloy say he met Lousse?
(a) He killed her child with his crutches.
(b) He killed her dog with his bicycle.
(c) He asked her for directions.
(d) He asked her for food.

5. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Beg forgiveness.
(b) Justify his actions.
(c) Orient himself.
(d) Find himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize his own appearance?

2. How does Molloy characterize C?

3. What does Molloy say it would be madness not to do?

4. What does Molloy say he heard the voice of in his room at Lousse’s house?

5. What does Molloy say four knocks on his mother’s head meant?

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